"Not the best view of the fleches from here..." Topic
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| jeffreyw3 | 08 Feb 2015 12:53 p.m. PST |
I also wonder what the "old" Smolensk post road looked like at that time… link |
| Texas Jack | 08 Feb 2015 1:33 p.m. PST |
It clearly wasn´t as nice as this one.  |
| 1968billsfan | 21 Feb 2015 12:22 p.m. PST |
there are a lot of nice pictures at the Library of Congress site, that are worth looking at whenever reading about the Ogre's invasion of Russia or setting up wargames. By the way, I have an explanation for some of the Russian's weird decisions that taxed Napoleon's logic and decisions.
Take a guess as to the crop growing in the field shown here. link
Imagine setting fire to a thousand acres of this with the scorched-earth policy and then trying to decide what strategy to use!! No wonder how it looks confusing now. They were too busy sending out for muchies and pizza!
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 ochoin  | 21 Feb 2015 4:46 p.m. PST |
@1968billsfan I'm thinking Napoleon could have used all that hemp to make rope for bricoles. |
| Ralpher | 21 Feb 2015 5:45 p.m. PST |
Бородинское поле сражения Его прошлое и настоящее 1812 г -1902 г The Borodino Battlefield Past and Present 1812-1902
[photographs at end] Published 1903 Rather large file for downloading. – R link One can put the title in Russian in Google & shift to images as well. – R |
| jeffreyw3 | 23 Feb 2015 7:32 a.m. PST |
Thanks, Ralpher…I didn't realize that was available--I have bits scattered around in various books. Still not sure what to do next--I was thinking of Utitsa (Poles are a nice change of pace) in 6mm @ 1:2 w/1:285 ground scale, but the kurgan is a bit far from the village. The Raevski redoubt in 28mm scale would be something as well, but too big to be playable. Shrug. |
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paints a Napoleonic caricature.
